Next up, Colorado and Minnesota.

(NY Times) — Mitt Romney scored a sweeping victory in Nevada today with a broad coalition of voters that included groups that he has struggled to win in previous contests, including very conservative voters, strong Tea Party supporters and evangelicals.

The victory extends the momentum Mr. Romney carried from his commanding victory in Florida last Tuesday, and pushed forward his march toward the Republican nomination.

Mr. Romney’s rivals largely conceded the state before the results were known, with some leaving Nevada to campaign in Colorado and Minnesota. Mr. Romney, who won Nevada in 2008, had never given up the lead in polls here.

With nearly half of caucus voters in Nevada describing themselves as very conservative, the state’s electorate was the most conservative since Iowa.

It also had the largest share of strong Tea Party supporters (more than 4 in 10 of all voters) of any of the Republican nominating contests to date — a makeup that would have proven problematic for Mr. Romney in most of the other early states.